Venezuela

CARACAS (Reuters) - A young man was shot to death in a fishing village in Venezuela during a protest over gasoline rationing, opposition deputies and a local human rights group said on Friday. Jose Luis Albornoz, 19, died Thursday of a shot to the chest allegedly fired by a member…

World05:49 GMT 25.06.2020(updated 05:50 GMT 25.06.2020) Get short URLThe United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on five Iranian ship captains who delivered oil to Venezuela, with the Latin American country knocking the measure as "an outburst of arrogance".Iran has called out US sanctions against the captains of five Iranian oil…

After a recent incident of racism in the Canadian military, General Jonathan Vance and defence department deputy minister Jody Thomas acknowledged: "historically, the social structures that formed our nation disproportionally privileged white people." Unfortunately, their letter does not detail their understanding of this, but scholars have provided an analysis of the…

By Lilian Bobea | — The massive protests that erupted across the United States – and beyond – after the police killing of George Floyd are billed as anti-racist mobilizations, and that they are. Demonstrators are denouncing police violence in minority communities and demanding that officers who abuse their power…

Iran has been shipping crucial energy supplies to sanctions-hit Venezuela, which is struggling both with producing gasoline and procuring it from abroad. There were concerns that US naval forces could interfere with the shipments, but the US instead sought to turn away vessels sailing under flags of convenience.The Iranian Navy…

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Your Thursday Poynter Report The Poynter Report is our daily media newsletter. To have it delivered to your inbox Monday-Friday, click here. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is finally out with a response over a controversy that has been hounding the paper for days. P-G executive editor Keith Burris wrote a lengthy story…

America loves a posse. Western movies are populated with lawmen deputizing regular Joes. There’s something stirring about citizens stepping up in times of need to serve and protect the community. But paramilitaries are also red flags. The posse has left the screen and entered America under this administration. Inspiring, coddling and…

There comes a time when shooting around in circles just hits walls, bullets splinter off sidewalks, and shatter a window here and there. But people are in safety. They watch from a distance and with self-assurance. Venezuela has received five tankers from Iran loaded with hydrocarbons – petrol gas, additives…

There comes a time when shooting around in circles just hits walls, bullets splinter off sidewalks, and shatter a window here and there. But people are in safety. They watch from a distance and with self-assurance. Venezuela has received five tankers from Iran loaded with hydrocarbons – petrol gas, additives…